M073 Competition design for Manchester Municipal Technical School

This was John Honeyman & Keppie's unsuccessful entry in the important
1892 architectural competition for a new technical school in Manchester. The
Italian Renaissance-style building, of five principal storeys plus basement,
was intended for teaching subjects such as Engineering, Chemistry and
Printing.

Authorship: It is not clear who within the
practice was responsible for the design, and it may well have been a joint
effort. Some features, such as the arched windows, seem to be due to John Keppie;
others, such as the Italian-influenced square tower, suggest Mackintosh's
involvement.

'Mackintosh Architecture' led by The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council; with additional support from The Monument Trust, The Pilgrim Trust, and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art; and collaborative input from Historic Scotland and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.